The Business Elevation Show With Chris Cooper - Be More. Achieve More

There is so much that mother nature can teach us about being successful in life. So how do we align ourselves with nature to become even more in life? My guest Francois Lupien is a dynamic mentor, coach, speaker, and presenter whose experience includes working with Tony Robbins, Stephen Covey (7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and as a consultant with Bob Proctor (Movie: The Secret). Francois has been a Tae Kwon Do Canadian champion, a Top Real Estate agent for 11 years and a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful 6-figure businesses. Join us to discover what we can learn from nature and how it can help us to get real results that stick.

Has your business plateaued or are you feeling stuck? An inspiring new book written by 18 game changing leaders ‘Play The Game, How To Win In Today’s Changing Environment’ provides ideas and motivation to break the cycle that stunts your business growth. In the words of Marshall Goldsmith “This book will radically change the way you see your business!”. Adam Strong, corporate productivity authority, entrepreneur, athlete, coach, speaker, and trainer persuaded a cohort of (in Adam’s word’s International Game Changing Leaders) to contribute a thought-provoking chapter each. In this special interview, Adam and I will be joined by fellow contributors Branka van der Linden, Haroon Danis and Karel Vermeulen as we discuss topics such as self-healing, franchising, the secret sales ingredient, asking for help and my own chapter on elevating your leadership. Join us to hear insights from the book and to understand how its wide-ranging content could make all the difference to your life and business.

When it comes to wealth how much is enough? What impact do you want your money to have and how do you heal your relationship with money through family values? My guest Brandon Hatton is an expert at portfolio creation and wealth maintenance based on Conscious Wealth practices and is perfectly placed to answer these questions. Brandon specialises in family dynamics around multi-generational wealth and advising clients on how to use their financial assets to help make a positive societal impact, whether through investments or philanthropy and I have a sense we are in for some really valuable insights in this interview. Having travelled the world many times over, and even opening a school in Egypt, Brandon now based in Atlanta brings an international perspective and a great purposeful passion for helping others to be conscious with wealth. Brandon’s book ‘Conscious Wealth’ published by Conscious Capitalism Press is potentially a life changing read. Join us to learn from Brandon’s wisdom first hand.

Do you understand how our energy situation is switching and the impact it will have on your business and life? For many reasons, including the impact on our planet, energy has become one of the biggest topics in the world. Eager to bring to you experts on subjects that are critical, not only to the elevation of our businesses, but also our future, I am delighted to introduce you to Peter Kelly-Detwiler. Peter has 30 years of experience in the electric energy industry, with much of his career in competitive power markets. He’s a leading consultant in the electric industry, providing strategic advice to clients and investors, helping them to navigate the rapid evolution of the electric power grid. He has written widely on energy issues for Forbes.com and GE, with over 300 articles to his credit. His book on the transformation of electric power markets – “The Energy Switch” – was published by Prometheus Books in June of 2021. Join us as we raise our understanding of the Energy switches that will be transforming

How do you best set up and develop international teams in these unusual times? My guest Lukasz Brzyski is an international entrepreneur and owns companies in 4 different countries giving him a lot of exposure to different business cultures. His business ventures are spread across online marketing, business consulting and property investing. Besides developing high performing international teams Lukasz is also passionate about educating people to take control over their financial future. During this interview we will discuss strategies and lessons to help you build highly effective international teams as well as gain some insight into Lukasz believes most of us should upgrade our financial wisdom.

I will never forget being a member of the best team that I have ever been a part of, and then the pleasure of when I had built great teams myself. They were not only places of challenge but also great warmth and exceptional results. My guest, Aaron Schmookler, also loves creating and helping his clients to build amazing teams. When I spoke to Aaron I really enjoyed his different take on teams and his perspectives on creating a clear cultural operating system and wanted to introduce his thinking to you. Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe that their people are their greatest asset. He supports them to build structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring collaboration culture so their companies profit and attract top talent, and so their people find fulfilment and reasons to stay. He combines his experience from the world of outdoor leadership, theatre direction and business to help an exceptional client list. Join us as we explore ‘teamification’ and helping you to become a cata

Are you really a highly conscious entrepreneur? In my opinion, after 10 years of hosting the Business Elevation Show, I believe that the average quality of consciousness of the world’s entrepreneurs and business leaders must elevate in order to build organizations that solve the world’s problems not add to them. This requires being fully open to self development in order to realise the full potential of the people within them. My guest Judy Piatkus founded her independent publishing company Piatkus Books from her London home in the 1980’s, and grew it into one of the world’s leading independent book publishing companies. Piatkus Books became known as a pioneer of new ideas in personal development and alternative health. In 2009 the Times of London described Judy as ‘one of the world’s leading thinkers’. Her memoir ‘Ahead of Her Time’ was published April 2020. Join us to learn how Judy elevated the consciousness of her employees and readers leading to exceptional results. Also, the wisdom acquired from establi

If you think the last 10 years have been disruptive then are you prepared for the big financial and economic changes that might impact your life and business in the next 10? My guest Neil McCoy-Ward is the Group CEO of the Forward Thinking Group UK who has spent his life since travelling the globe for answers. His career has taken him from highly decorated soldier to an experienced CEO, Investor, financial forecaster, housing market expert and Best-Selling Author. Neil is most well known for his expertise and controversial content in the Finance, Investment & Housing Markets. This work leading to a large social following of over 285K people for his accurate forecasts, which have beaten even the largest data and research company forecasts. I believe there is so much we can learn from Neil’s life story, dedication to research and unusually accurate predictions when it comes to effectively preparing ourselves for the future ahead. Join us as Neil opens our eyes to the new tomorrow.

Chris Cooper created and has hosted the Business Elevation show on Voice America for 10 years with the intention of helping over a million entrepreneurs and business people to elevate their thinking and business approach. The show has become one of the longest running and most internationally accessed on the Voice America network with over 425 unique hours of content and an audience in over 50 countries. The extensive archive represents the thoughts and wisdom of an enormous cast of exceptional guests. In this special edition, Chris will be interviewed by a collective of those guests and now good friends to extract his experiences and wisdom from an extensive journey: World class Marketing authority and author Steven Morris from San Diego. Global leadership expert, strategist and coach Gene Early from Virginia. Elizabet Vinberg Hearn, Swedish best selling author and international business consultant. Hilary Wilson, a UK executive coach whose work with many of the world’s biggest companies has become a best ke

As billions are lost by businesses operating like a leaky bucket how much opportunity could you be materialising if you closed the leaks in yours? My guest Howard Shore is the founder and CEO of Activate Group Inc., a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur specializing in liberating C-Suite teams from the barriers holding them back personally and professionally. His clients work in family-owned, multi-national, public, and private companies ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion in annual revenue. As a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) his talks cover employee empowerment, cash flow enhancement, human capital management, entrepreneurial freedom, and business growth. Join us we explore how to identify and plug the leaks in your business enabling you to realise greater opportunity and success.

How do you leverage the smartest minds in your company such that they also become your best leaders? My guest Christian Espinosa is an entrepreneur, a cybersecurity engineer, a certified high-performance coach, a professor, and a lover of heavy metal music and spicy food. He’s also an Air Force veteran and Ironman triathlete. We will discuss the lesson’s from Christian’s best-selling book, The Smartest Person in the Room including why a high IQ is a lost superpower when effective communication, true intelligence, and self-confidence are not embraced. We will also explore his seven-step methodology to help leaders develop their teams’ technical minds so they become better humans and strong leaders. If you have an interest in elevating your leadership or the people within your company then this is the episode for you!

What is really going on in the backdrop of global business, finance and competition today? Last year I interviewed Winston Ma, who co-authored The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy with today’s guest, Paul Downs. One of the most fascinating interviews of 2020, I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Paul to deepen our understanding of what is driving the digital economy and global dominance today. Paul practiced international law for more than four decades, most recently as a partner at Hogan Lovells in New York, where he co-founded the Sovereign Investor Practice and initiated its annual Sovereign Investor Conference. He has represented sovereign investors transacting in assets globally. He is a current or past director of international companies and not-for-profit organizations, including International House, New York, The Council for the United States and Italy, and the China US Business Alliance. Join us for the second insightful instalment

Are you consistently meeting enough people to effectively elevate your business or career? My guest Pat Hedley is an investor, advisor and the author of Meet 100 People. Inspired by the experiences of thousands of people she has interacted with over her own thirty-year career. Pat wrote Meet 100 People to encourage us all to proactively, and consistently meet people in person or by video. As the founder and CEO of The Path Ahead, Pat identifies high growth companies in which she invests and takes on either formal or informal advisory roles. Pat spent 30 years with global growth investor, General Atlantic, most recently as managing director. She began her career as a consultant with Bain & Company, is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Join us as we explore Pat’s insightful wisdom around the art of building great new relationships to accelerate your business or career.

Would you like to double your sales in 90 days? My guest Simon Severino helps business owners do just that. His purpose in life is helping entrepreneurs realise their dreams. After 17 years of strategy execution experience from NY to Sydney, he created the Strategy Sprints® Method, a practical method to run an agile and resilient company. He is a growth advisor to Consilience Ventures in London and member of the global educator network of Duke Corporate Education. Simon is the founder of Strategy Sprints, a global team of certified Strategy Sprint Coaches helping business owners double their revenue in 90 days. Join us as we explore how you can literally transform your business fortunes at high speed.

How often as leaders and managers are we caught out when making assumptions about the needs and desires of our employees? My guest this week, Paul Burton, is an entrepreneur whose passion is having a positive impact on people. He has taken his 30 years’ of experience in turning around business performance to create a disruptive personal and professional development platform with data-driven insights facilitating meaningful change called Pobi and C-Coach. In the early 2000s, Paul turned around an underperforming franchise of Abbey Bank which was bought by Santander after multi-year performance excellence. He then went on to AXA where he developed and led a culture-change program with 3000+ employees. It led to a double-digit growth, improved customer and employee satisfaction rates year on year in a declining market. Paul has gone on to support many businesses to turn around their successes. Join us as we discuss the assumptions you might be making about your employees at your peril.

An effective network is essential to the efficient and profitable running of any organization. Not only this, they have completely transformed communication and business across the globe. My guest Peter Goodman is co-founder and CEO of Aventus a cloud based Platform that enables MGAs, brokers and insurers to create a seam-less buying experience for their insurance products. Peter started his journey with a law degree and the world at his feet. Over-trading in his first business led to debt yet Peter went on to set up several other companies, including Brighter Option, a social advertising platform. The sale of Brighter Option to Buddy Media in 2012 and then subsequently Salesforce for around $730m gave Peter a depth of knowledge in growing a company to success. Today, Peter has multiple business interests through his own vehicle Grow Bag Capital, and is also a very passionate golfer. Join us as we discuss what we all good business people should know about networks.

How present are you? One of the most important skills in business and life in my opinion is presence. According to my guests Michael Landers and Tim Dukes, presence enhances your creativity, productivity and performance on every front. Michael Landers, M.A. is the founder and president of Culture Crossing, Inc., a global consulting company dedicated to finding innovative solutions for groups and individuals working in the multi-cultural marketplace. His workshops, seminars and speaking events have drawn more than 70,000+ people on five continents. Timothy Dukes, Ph.D. is a veteran psychotherapist, leadership advisor, author and father. He consults in a variety of institutional settings, working with established business leaders, political visionaries and emerging innovators. Together they have co-written a new book ‘Present Company’ to focus on this essential skill. Join us with your presence for this highly anticipated interview on one of my favourite elevation topics with two fascinating thought leaders!

Retaining great employees is a challenge for many organizations and particularly young talent that can be more transient. Clint Pulver is a professional keynote speaker, author, musician, pilot, and workforce expert. Known as the leading authority on employee retention, Clint has transformed how corporations like Keller Williams, AT&T, and Hewlett Packard create lasting loyalty through his work and research as the Undercover Millennial. He has been featured by Business Q Magazine as a “Top 40 Under 40,” and, as a professional drummer, he has appeared in feature films and on America’s Got Talent. In 2020, Clint won an Emmy Award for his short film ‘Be a Mr. Jensen’, which tells the story of how a single moment in time—and one particular mentor— can change the course of a life. Join us for an engaging insight into how to retain your employees with the inspiring and multi-talented Clint Pulver.

How do you become so highly referable that you become as popular as a Broadway show? My guest Michael Roderick is the CEO of Small Pond Enterprises which helps thoughtful givers become thought leaders by making their brands referable, their messaging memorable, and their ideas unforgettable. His frameworks have been featured in Forbes and Business Insider and many popular podcasts. Michael is also the host of the pod-cast Access to Anyone. Michael began his career in education teaching High School English before breaking into the world of Broadway producing. He made this transition in less than two years prompting colleagues to ask him how he did it. This led to Michael creating a series of experiential workshops to study the dynamics be-hind relationship building and messaging. He also founded a popular conference for Connectors called ConnectorCo and Relationship Adventure Day, a networking event combined with a scavenger hunt set in New York City. Join us as we explore how to elevate your referability.

How do you navigate this strange new business world when dynamics such as hybrid working and the need to embrace diversity have shifted the leadership landscape? My guests this week, Carroll Macey, Sebastian Fox and Bob Shearer are all part of Team Coaching Studio and are all highly experienced team coaching experts who are not only masters of their craft in supporting leaders and teams in the workplace they also bring their own unique experiences of adapting to unusual levels of personal change. From personally adapting to new personal landscapes in Burma, China and dealing with traumatic personal diversity issues, expect an interview with wisdom, practical ideas and stories that can help you and your teams adapt to thrive in this hybrid diverse new world.